No word is yet forthcoming on any other actors for the film, but Stone's participation reflects the director's appeal to a younger generation of Hollywood acting talent eager for the credibility that an Allen film can bring. While Allen has regularly attracted major-league stars for his small-scale ensemble films since the mid-80s, recent years have seen the likes of Scarlett Johansson, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Wilson and Evan Rachel Wood join his casts.

Stone is currently working on The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and the Alejandro González Iñárritu comedy Birdman, and is due to join Guillermo del Toro's haunted house flick Crimson Peak and an as yet untitled romantic comedy directed by Cameron Crowe.